News from March 2023
Several Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that four defendants were sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty in four separate cases involving drug trafficking and firearms charges.
Two Western Washington artists plead guilty to illegally misrepresenting their work as “Indian Produced”
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Seattle - In two separate criminal cases, Western Washington artists pleaded guilty today to violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by representing themselves as Native American artists, when they have no tribal enrollment or heritage, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The men, 52-year-old...
Sugar Land business owner pleads guilty to nine-year fraud scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 56-year-old business owner has admitted to conspiring to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Bryan County man convicted on federal drug charges for trafficking fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Bryan County man could face decades in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl.
UNITED STATES AND STATE OF WISCONSIN SECURE FALSE CLAIMS ACT JUDGMENT OF OVER $2.3 MILLION AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROVIDER
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 2, 2023, United States District Judge Joseph P. Stadtmueller entered default judgment against Dr. Siamak Arassi and his clinic, Healing Corner, LLC, in the amount of $2,346,545.78 for violations of the False Claims Act.
Celebrate Safe Communities 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HONOLULU - The United States Attorney’s Office, Weed and Seed Hawaii, Inc., State of Hawaii Attorney Generalʻs Office, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Office of the Securities Commissioner, and the Honolulu Police Department, in partnership with Pearlridge Center and along with other community...
Former Wall Street Precious Metal Traders Sentenced for Wire Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Two former Wall Street traders were each sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for engaging in a multi-year fraud scheme to manipulate U.S. commodities markets for publicly traded precious metals futures contracts.
San Antonio Human Smuggler Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - A San Antonio man was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio today to 78 months in prison for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury or placing lives in jeopardy.
Omaha Man Sentenced for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Derrick Lloyd, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of fentanyl analogue. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lloyd to 84 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 4-year term of supervised release.
Felon Involved in Hartford Shootout Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES DUDLEY, also known as “Pooka," 36, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
Worcester Man Charged with Possessing a Machine Gun
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man has been charged with possessing a machine gun after allegedly being found in possession of several Glock switches.
District Man Sentenced for Killing Man Near Mount Vernon Square Metro Station
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Whitaker 21, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for the slaying of a man in January 2020, near a Metro station in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Whitaker pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2022, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before the Honorable Milton C. Lee.
Dover Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Tyler Ward, 36, of Dover, has plead guilty in federal court to two counts of distributing fentanyl and one count of possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute it, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
KC Man Sentenced in Two Indictments for Illegal Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today in two separate indictments for illegally possessing firearms.
Maryland Man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid in a Scheme Involving Personal Care Services
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joseph Tamjong, 51, of Lanham, Maryland, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for stealing more than $700,000 from the D.C. Medicaid program. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, of the Washington Field Office’s...
Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Second Meth Trafficking Indictment
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing more than five kilograms of methamphetamine that he received in the mail while he was on bond on an earlier federal indictment that also charged him with methamphetamine trafficking.
Honduran National Pleads Guilty and Sentenced to Time Served for Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - NORMAN GARCIA- GARCIA(“GARCIA-GARCIA"), age 24, was sentenced on March 7, 2023 for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
New York Man Indicted for Firearms and Narcotics Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was arrested yesterday in connection with allegedly trafficking drugs and firearms.
Huntington Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Federal Drug and Gun Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Kilan Nicks, also known as “Low," 26, of Huntington, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Man Indicted for Meth, Fentanyl, Illegal Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after he was arrested in St. Joseph, Mo., with methamphetamine and a firearm, then again in Kansas City, Mo., with approximately 2,300 fentanyl pills.